--- In conlang@yahoogroups.com, John Cowan <jcowan@R...> wrote:
> Sarah Marie Parker-Allen scripsit:
>
> > (actually,
> > almost everyone manages to live in a country where Christianity
has
> > virtually no influence, and I suspect that the majority still
manage to have
> > religion or spirituality of some sort as a huge part of daily
life.
>
> The U.S. is unquestionably the most Christian-influenced country on
the
> planet, for good and ill.
What you say may be true, but it is also irrelevant. Reality is
still that the vast majority of people live in countries not so
influenced. Thus, if one is trying to compose a "universal"
language, presuming that the minority experience is the norm is
counterproductive.